Please describe what you eat and what your workout routine is, if any. If you don't do anything why not?
How much effort do you put in to stay in shape?
I put in a lot of effort to stay in shape. But I also play very competitive sport at a high level so there's that. But I workout 3 days a week for about 4 1/2 hours each day. That would be an hour of weight lifting, an hour of hitting, a 20 minute run and then 15 minutes of sprints. Then the rest varies depending on the practice schedule. On my "off" days I usually do about an hour of stretching. I don't take the weekends off bc I have tournaments that last around 16 hours and about 6 games each day Saturday and Sunday but I give myself Monday off to recover. I'd definitely recommend doing planks, supermans and butterflies to get good core muscles. Those are easy to do while watching tv. I don't do a lot of dead lifting bc I don't want to get buff. I do a lot of different squats and I run a lot. Running is good for getting and staying toned. yoga is amazing for staying fit as well. I don't really have a set diet, I eat a lot of food in the morning and then a smaller meal during lunch. For dinner I usually have pasta or some type of meat with a salad. I also drink a lot of water and Gatorade. V8 juice is great too. Basically I eat like a boy (I've been told that by a waiter) and workout hard so I don't get fat. If I want a doughnut, I'll eat a doughnut. If I want a salad, I'll eat a salad. In my opinion, workouts are what you make them and diets don't have to be so strict. Have fun and find what works for you :)
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in my younger days, i was super active: i danced competitively for 10 years, took gymnastics, played various sports, and even taught cardio dance classes at a gym in my early 20s.
unfortunately, age and various injuries have taken their toll, and i don't do much in the way of working out now. back in 2013, i broke my foot and was on crutches for 10 weeks~ it never healed properly afterward, and it was another 2 years before i could properly walk again.
i have thyroid issues and, now that i can no longer do most of what i used to, i have to watch what i eat more than the average person (especially since my risk for diabetes, which runs on both sides of my family, is so high). in addition to taking synthetic hormones, i've cut back on sugar and portion sizes in general, and the scale shows it~ i've actually lost 20 pounds since my birthday in February. :)
my foot still bothers me, especially when the weather is bad or i walk long distances. i tried doing zumba again, and ended up sitting on the couch with an ice pack to that foot for a week; i couldn't even get up to walk to my bed, so i basically sat there and did nothing.
i'd still work out every day if i could, but i've accepted my new limitations and try not to beat myself up for having to start small.
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I put in above average effort compared to the average person. I just figured out some medications that I was taking that was causing muscle weakness and shooting pains in my legs, and I cut those drugs out two weeks ago and I feel like my old self again.
I'm one of those very conscious eaters that analyzes what every food is made out of. The internet is an awesome tool to self educate yourself about food and health science, to give the intellectual tools to make good food choices. Did you know wheat causes more sugar spikes in your body than table sugar? 😠
I've never been much of a junk food person; the only ones I eat are:
chocolate (no caramel; too sweet; yuck)
ice cream (not the premium stuff like Ben and Jerry's; too sweet; yuck)
gummi candy (picky on these cauz some are too sweet)
flavored tortilla chips like Doritos (rare occasion)
With some introspection I realized that I don't need to do as much weightlifting anymore; I have enough size and strength. So I work on cardio and stamina. I go for walks of at least 1.5 miles 3x a week, and do yoga-style stretches daily for increasing flexibility.
Now that I got that damned medicine out of my system I will start the gym again, lifting lighter weights / higher reps for stamina instead of heavier weights to gain size.
Now that the city pool opened this weekend near my house, I will swim laps to change things up.
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constant. its easy at 33, gets more work at 40.. and at 49 it is required to be consistent and dedicated or else I start to hurt, go weak, injury, and pay.
4-5 days gym (warmup on stairs or treadmill with it turned off)... then warmup arms with bands. do back exercises... essential. upper body weights... I go to heavy weights fairly quickly. I do lower body lifts with weights below me, not overhead.
Bicycling, Ride dirt bike for cardio andfun. outdoor yadrwork, gardening, mowing...
Eat... nutella! LOL... skip a breakfast every now and then, eat decent qulaity food, just not too much. pasta bread, cheese, bacon, smoothies, chicken, meaballs, chinese, indian, italian... prob not best diet honestly...
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A lot, in a way.
I eat six meals a day (about 1 every 3 hours)
For example, today I'll eat:
I eat two bowls of cereal for breakfast
I eat two eggs and toast for, I guess you could call it brunch.
I eat two tuna fish sandwiches and a serving of potato chips for lunch.
I eat two 4oz servings of salmon and two servings of mash potatoes for my midday meal
I eat two servings if steak and two servings if potatoes for my dinner
I eat two servings of sausage and linguine for supper.
For my workout, today I'll do chest and back heavy (three exercises for each, 4 sets for each exercise pyramiding, but only up in weight, starting with one set of 8, than 6, 4, and finally maxing out with just 2 reps)
followed up by a 30 minute H. I. I. T. routine
Tomorrow I'll do triceps and biceps, light day (that's 3 exercises for each, 6 sets of 12-15 reps) followed by a 3k run.
Wednesday I'll do legs and shoulders (I hate legs and shoulders, so I'll just do kind of like an average workout, 3 exercises of each, 4 sets of 10 reps) followed by a 30 min H. I. I. T. routine
Thursday I'll do chest and back light (same as bicep and tricep light day, just substitute for chest and back) followed by a 3k run.
Friday I'll do biceps and triceps heavy followed by a 30 min H. I. I. T. routine.
Saturday and Sunday I have off.
Monday's and Wednesday's I do tekwondo (I'm only just starting though)
Thursday's I take a beginner's ballroom dancing class.
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Weights 4 or 5 days a week. 2 hour sessions doing all compound lifts, I super-set with calisthenics or isolation exercises.
Kickboxing for 1 hour a day 3-4 times a week.
Go for a run or do sprints a few times a week after work. I work doing roofing, landscaping and ware-house stocking.
Rock climbing once a week. I like climbing the top of the wall every-time I go, my goal is to climb to the top of every rock wall in my city.
I play sports like basket ball, soccer, or hockey if my friends invite me to a game.
I've been on a cut for the last few months, my weight dropped from 190 to 170. I'm still trying to lose more body fat and want to reach 10% bodyfat, right now I'm at 15%. My friend's are shocked I have abs already because some of them never see them until 8-10%.
I smoke weed, take adaptogenic herbs and get massages so my recovery is fine. I am looking to start yoga again as well. A lot of people claim I am overtraining, but I don't think so. I have been getting stronger, my endurance has allowed me to go longer and I feel healthier than ever. I plan on becoming a MMA figher like some guys in my gym so I need to be in prime shape when I fight others in the octagon. -
I use intermittent fasting to eat nice big manly meals, and still melt away fat at the same time. In the past, humans did not have this abundance of food that we have now... There was no cocopuffs waiting outside your cave in the morning. People had to hunt for food, and sometimes they went without a substantial meal for several hours at a time. Therefore intermittent fasting more accurately reflects our body's natural processes. In addition to the fasting, I also impose a calorie deficit but it is important not to go too low. I stay at around 1600-1800 calories a day. I also strength train intensely 3 times a week (2 days of upper body and 1 day of lower body). on the days in between I run about 3 miles on the treadmill (within 26 minutes). I have 1 rest day, and on that day I allow myself an extra 600 calories of carbs
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"In shape"
I'm not in shape, lol. I'm 174lbs and while I'm not obsessing over losing it, I am taking steps towards lowering that number.
I started running this year, and I'm currently focusing on getting fit enough to run without having to power walk so often as I do.
Once I don't have to power walk anymore I'll focus more on lowering my time it takes me to run a mile. Right now I'm at about 13 minutes for a mile.
Once I can get my time down I'll start running more than a mile a day.
As for food? I eat dinner, and that's all I eat right now on a typical weekday. During the weekend I may snack on something before dinner.
I've cut pop/soda out of my diet though, and that's a big step as well.
I've lost 32lbs in about 7 months so I can't really complain much. -
I eat mainly veggies during the week and have some meat on the weekends for my protein. Usually I eat things like stir-fries, fish, lean meats such as chicken and steak. I once a month get some take out. Usually Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, etc.,
My lifestyle and career keeps me slim. I hike (10's of km in a day) Last week I put on 36 km in four days, I SCUBA dive and snorkel in a lot of my jobs which is pretty active lifting things, etc, I usually get out in one of my kayaks 2-3 times per week. I normally have a couple of construction jobs helping friends build something, like this summer I have a deck, shed, retaining wall and gazebo to build.
My workout routine is usually three days a week in the summer and five days in the winter months. I do an hour to hour and a half workout consisting of cycling, bowflex, free weights and elliptical trainer.
My girlfriend likes that I am slim and have wide shoulders, too many guys with the beer bellies at my age.
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Training varies throughout the year. I have a standard bodyweight routine for staple strength to maintain year round. I'll go into a hard training phase to gain strength in the winter usually, taper down a bit for summer in the spring. During the warm season I ride my bike more and swim at the beach. Come summer I can just maintain strength and be conscious of what I eat. I've always worked out for strength first, looks second.
For diet i just stay aware of what I eat. Some days are better than others, but if I do eat crap food I'll count calories. I don't drink juice or soda so I very rarely go over. If I start to put on some fat I'll do more cooking at home. That's the only way to really know what you get.
Right now I'm tapering down some more. Trying to avoid drinking alcohol. Bout a month out from where I want to be. -
Eating
Regular home cooked meals with less oil (no butter, no cheese) and less spices
Avoiding packed food, preserved food
Avoiding complex foods and focusing on eating simple foods (for example, replacing chips with baked potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper.)
Replacing packed snacks with nuts, fruits, milk, Avaocado, fresh cream...
Elimination of daily eating of rice
Replacing normal chocolates with dark chocolates
Inclusion of lots of eggs (Simple boiled)
Reduction in sugar and salt and soda (3 S)
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Exercise
1 day cardio
3 days strength training
A little bit of Yoga for relaxation
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I do like 30-40 pushups and 15-20 pullups almost every day (I don't really count I just do them whenever I feel like it and however many I feel like doing), I usually hike 3-5 times per week on trails that are anywhere from 1 to 5 miles and 500-1000 ft in elevation gain which usually takes 1-2 hours (and sometimes run part of the way on them), and if I didn't hike then I try to walk at least a couple miles that day, sometimes more. Sometimes I bike or longboard too but infrequently.
I don't eat meat or dairy products and I eat kale + mango + flax/chia seed smoothies almost every day. I also eat a lot of tofu, whole grain bread (I don't like eating grains but I have a hard time getting enough calories otherwise), fresh salsa with chips, and curries. -
A lot. I mean, I'm fat, and to stay in this shape I need to eat a lot. Which is pretty hard work. Because I need to walk all the way to the kitchen to get the food. And the worst part is, when I have the food I need to walk all the way back! So yeah, I put a lot of effort into staying in shape.
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Not much. I used weigh a lot more, like 40 lbs more. I was a fat kid. I just didn't like going outside cause I had no friends and I didn't really like sports. When I got a mountain bike for my birthday a few years ago I loved it and the weight just fell off. I wasn't even trying to lose weight, I just loved biking. So after I lost all that weight I realized that my butt had gotten a lot smaller so I started doing exercises that focused on that area. That's pretty much it. I don't really try to stay in shape.
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My typical diet typically includes cereal, pb&j, and whatever my mom makes or dad brings for dinner. Fast food too sometimes, but not daily. Mostly on the way home from Church or shopping.
As for excersize, I pretty much never do anything. I'm weak, making the mental effort to try again tough... I want to, but I can hardly do 10 push-ups without letting myself fall on the floor to rest for a bit, making me so mad at myself during every minute of every excersize attempt. One reason I'm not twice as overweight as I am is because my epilepsy takes away my motivation to do anything at all whatsoever, including often skipping breakfast and/or lunch. (Typically sleeping instead.) I try to stay healthy, but I'm just failing... (I'm not fat at all, just noticeably overweight.) -
Probably about 2 hours a day barring Sunday, say 12 hours on an average week. Split in the gym, Muay thai and running plain old terrain tracks.
I eat whatever I want. Got a weak spot for candy and pizza. As long as I have a body I am happy with I don't see why I would deny myself things I want. -
In the past 4 months I stopped eating bread and the only source of carb was rice with one cheat meal every week and 2-5 cups of green tea daily I dropped from 203 to 185 lbs speaking about 6.2 ft.
My workout routine is pretty basic since I'm delaying my bulking season. I also run 30-min a day that's it 😎 -
I eat fairly healthy, walk a lot, play soccer once or twice a week and work out in my basement typically a couple times a week though sometime I don't work out at all for a couple weeks.
Basically, I don't really have a strict regimen I follow but I lead a generally healthy lifestyle with good habits. -
I would say 85%, I work out 5-6 days a week have pilates twice a week, my diet consists of pure, natural foods. No added sugars, salts etc. I guess the only con I find in my diet, is wine, I don't drink it that often, I am 22 and still young so I don't penalize myself if I want to go out and have fun and eat some naughty things. I try to do the whole 80/20 rule. I eat healthy most of the time so I don't exactly have "cheat days" I just stick to what i'm comfortable with
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Drink only water, 8 cups a day. Cardio twice a week for 45 minutes , weight training 45 minutes 6 days a week. Cardio is after weights.
My diet sucks though. I'll eat like oatmeal, baked chicken, and fish and veggies for 3 days and then eat a whole pizza in the middle of the week, completely destroying any progress I made that week. No pop or fast food for me though. -
before i dont, since im already petite..
but as you get older, you get more health conscious and body changes inside and out so gotta stay fit..
as for routine, i see to it to exercise at least once a week,, if i have more free time, every other day i think is the best and have rest in between -
I "hike" 3 miles on the treadmill at total incline which burns 500 calories and use a series of machines at the gym which work my chest, stomach, legs, and arms. I eat like a racehorse. I do not snack very much, but at dinner I will eat like three servings and when I get fast food I'll buy huge combos with sides because I am so hungry. I tend to just stay skinny.
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I eat what I want and do pretty much fuck all these days. I used to compete in a sport at a national level, so diet and training was strict, I got injured and with some time off I decided life is for living, counting calories and spending hours in the gym is just too anally retentive unless it's for a damn good reason.
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-Fasted Cardio in the morning for an hour
-Prep my meals for the day
-1.5hr training sesh 6 days a week
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